JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIEDTHIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT THE INNOVATIVE LEGAL AID CLINICS SYSTEM THAT WOULD PROVIDE EFFECTIVE LEGAL ASSISTANCE RIGHT AT THE DOOR STEPS OF THE VILLAGERS.
As India lives in its villages, it is imperative that the villagers be provided an effective legal assistance in their village itself. As of now, it is a fact that most of the legal services institutions are located in urban and semi-urban areas which puts the villagers at a disadvantage. To overcome this hurdle a Scheme of Legal Aid Clinics has been prepared to provide legal relief easily to the indigent and backward sections of our society.
The Scheme, adopted in December last year under the National Plan of Action of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), is being implemented through the legal services institutions (i.e., the Taluk/Subdivisional/Mandal Legal Services Committees, District Legal Services Authorities, High Court Legal Services....
